Hey guys!

I hope everyone’s been doing well! August came and went, and summer is soon to follow. Somehow, this always makes me feel a bit melancholic…

Some of you might have noticed that earlier this month, we released  an update for Homecoming. With Santa Lucia’s proverbial ball rolling and approaching its second anniversary, we have decided we felt ready to take on the challenge of working on Homecoming full time once again. Dzahn is now back in his director and writer role, while I’ll be continuing as art director/sprite artist.

What this means is that we’ll be working on both Santa Lucia and Homecoming full time together, with Santa Lucia as our main focus.

This won’t affect our schedule for Santa Lucia: you’ll still get the same amount of content each month at the same rate! SL is established enough for us to permit ourselves to branch out and once more build up Homecoming.

However, keep in mind that Homecoming is still a project we refuse any financial support for: any money this Patreon receives goes back into Santa Lucia, and Homecoming stands completely apart from it, but if you like Santa Lucia, try and give Homecoming a try! We’ve poured a lot of passion into that project, and it’s always a pleasure when people play and enjoy it.

Anyway, let’s get back to Santa Lucia, shall we? In this update, we’re continuing Bryan’s route, and Ben’s dealing with the aftermath of his previous spicy encounter with the panda, and trying his best to find a way to process what happened, all while getting closer to his roommate, Zach.

This was a really fun update to put out, and I think a lot of you will enjoy Zach’s scenes here. Are the walls around the dragon finally coming down…?

Well, that’s about it for this month.

As always, I’d like to thank you all for your continued support. Being able to work on Santa Lucia and seeing so many people enjoy it has been a blessing!

Cheers,

Dev

Build 23 Notes:

+ Bryan’s Route expanded (September 16 and 17)

+ The first set of shared days added to Carlos and Nate’s routes (September 15 and 16)

+ IMPORTANT: This is the only update these two routes will have for quite some time. Please be patient with them.

+ Some small tweaks to Nate’s September 1st content, mainly to remove real world references (but also to address how “cringe” he comes across as a first impression)

If you're interested in checking out next month's build early, please consider supporting us! Every little bit helps!

https://www.patreon.com/stormsingerstudios

If you'd like a more direct line to us, we're usually active on our public Discord server: 

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We hope you enjoy the build!  

~ Dzahn & Dev